Alvin
Chauncey
Graves
Born in Montague, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Asa Graves
and Roxana Graves
Brother of
Ansel Graves, Reuben Houghton Graves, Lyman Ottman Graves, Roxana Graves, Sylvia Graves and Asa Wiles Graves
Husband of
Elizabeth (Webb) Graves
— married
24 Jun 1816 in Indiana
Descendants 
Died
at age 63
in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Dec 2019
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Biography
Alvin was born in 1791. He was the son of Asa Graves and Roxana Graves. He passed away in 1854. He was of Scotch and English descent.
He married Elizabeth Webb in 1816 in Indiana. Their children were
- Warren Henry Graves (1820 - 1895)
- Asa Lester Graves (1822 -)
- John Graves (1824 -)
- Eliza Jane Graves (1826 -)
- Amy Ann Graves (1828 - 1847)
- Jonathan Graves (1830 - 1911)
- Oliver Cromwel Graves (1832 -)
- Major Alvin Chauncey Graves, Jr. (1835 - 1863)
- George Graves (1838 - 1918)
- Roxana Graves (1841 - 1916)
- Sarah Elizabeth Graves (1843 -).
They moved from Massachusetts to Indiana in 1816. In 1832 they moved to Missouri near where Kansas City now stands. In 1838 the family moved to Quincy, Illinois until 1840 when they moved to Des Moines, Iowa.
Alvin passed away on 15 June, 1854 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Sources
- Graves, Alvin Chauncey. Portrait and Biographical Album of Wapello County, Iowa. Chicago, IL: Chapman Brothers, 1887. Page 286
- https://books.google.com/books?id=jVM0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA286&lpg=PA286&dq=Henry+Edward+Graves+born+oct+1847&source=bl&ots=f0EKIJvkpV&sig=ACfU3U2Icz_YSX_N4aBfo8qzjVwRGHRzJw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1iOOkidzmAhVEHc0KHSp8AfIQ6AEwAnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Edward%20Graves%20born%20oct%201847&f=false
- https://karenuphoff.com/html/d0005/I0517.html (HTML created by GED2HTML v3.6a-WIN32 (May 17 2004))
- https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:Graves%2C_John_Card._Genealogy_of_the_Graves_Family_in_America
- https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Alvin_Graves_and_Elizabeth_Webb_%281%29
- American Genealogical - Biographical Index. (Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States|Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library).
- Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001.
- "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/25102032/person/27113782875/facts : accessed 7 March 2020), profile for Alvin Chauncey Graves.
- https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Alvin_Graves_and_Elizabeth_Webb_%281%29
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/24909081?h=ae6192
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/24909099?h=a5e26d
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alvin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alvin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Teddy Odum
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-BY23683, FTDNA kit #B208160 - Gary Graves :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #933086, MitoYDNA ID T13216 [compare]
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Eric Andersen-Vie
Graves-9409 and Graves-9216 appear to represent the same person because: These two Alvin Graves profiles have the same parents and same wives. Please merge Graves-9409 and Graves-9216
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